KazakhstanIsland

Zhanbay Island

87.9 km² of land in the Caspian Sea.

N 1 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

87.9km²

Area

40km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

27°C

Warmest sea

July

When to go to Zhanbay Island

Best for the beach from June to August.

The sea is warmest in July (27 °C) and coolest in February (0 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to August.

1°-3°-7°

Jan4

0°-2°-7°

Feb3

3°5°-1°

Mar4

10°13°7°

Apr5

18°22°16°

May6

24°28°21°

Jun4

27°31°24°

Jul4

26°29°23°

Aug2

20°22°16°

Sep3

13°14°9°

Oct4

7°6°2°

Nov4

3°0°-3°

Dec5

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Kazakhstan

Zhanbay Island is an island in Kazakhstan. It covers 87.9 km², with 40 km of coastline.

Getting there

Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport (ASF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 138 km in a straight lineCar hire in AlmatyDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
From June to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 0 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Zhanbay Island88 km²

Santorini76 km²

Malta247 km²

10 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	-3	-2	5	13	22	28	31	29	22	14	6	0
Night low (°C)	-7	-7	-1	7	16	21	24	23	16	9	2	-3
Sea (°C)	1	0	3	10	18	24	27	26	20	13	7	3
Rain (mm)	13	11	16	20	25	15	14	9	14	17	16	17
Wet days	4	3	4	5	6	4	4	2	3	4	4	5
Sun h/day	0.3	1.6	5.0	7.8	9.7	11.0	10.6	10.0	8.4	5.7	2.9	1.4
Wind (km/h)	21	21	21	20	19	18	16	16	19	20	20	22

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.2	+2.6	+3.2	−0.5	−1.2	±0.0	+1.4	−0.7	+0.8	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2
2021	−0.1	+1.0	−0.7	+1.6	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	+1.1	−0.5	−0.5	+0.7	−0.3
2022	−0.4	+1.5	+1.1	+4.1	±0.0	−1.4	−1.6	−0.2	−0.2	+0.4	−0.8	−2.0
2023	−0.3	−0.6	+2.3	+3.6	−0.6	−1.6	−1.1	−0.3	−0.2	+0.7	+2.1	+0.1
2024	+0.2	−0.4	−0.4	+6.1	−1.2	+0.8	−0.3	−0.1	−0.7	−0.4	+0.5	−1.4
2025	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+4.5	+0.1	−0.6	−0.7	−2.2	−1.5	+0.3	+1.1	−1.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Ukatny

Kazakhstan13 km²43 km away

Tyuleniy Archipelago

Kazakhstan204 km²120 m149 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q2616191) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons